Quick! Paint the town ... pink and win £250 of beauty products.

To say that I am not in the mood for blogging is an understatement. I am still very much excited about beauty products and very much still into keeping up with my blog subscriptions but I seem to have lost the drive to blog about my beauty experiences. But sometimes, events take precedence and I need to make exceptions. October is not only the month holding my favourite day of the year (Halloween) but it's also the month where beauty brands around the world unite, go pink and do their bit to raise awareness about breast cancer and raise money for the cause.



You will perhaps recall me posting about 'Paint for Life' the cute nail polish trio that Beautyuk released in support of Cancer Research UK and the moving story behind its creation. This week, BeautyUK is doing something pretty special: they are holding a pretty fabulous competition over on Facebook:





Post a photo of you wearing pink nails on their facebook page and you could be on your way to win £250 of beautyuk products.

For the chance to win the MASSIVE £250 BEAUTYUK HAUL simply paint your nails pink, strike a pose, upload a photo anytime before 11.59pm on the 7th October. Up for it? Get more details on Beautyuk's facebook page, get painting, strike a pose, snap and have fun most of all.




I am not taking part in the competition, I am too involved in the creation of this set and I think it wouldn’t be fair if I won the competition, but if I won, i’d be wanting to spend some of my prize stash on the whole special effects glitte nail polish collection, so glitter-tastic Models Own Mirror Ball doesn’t want you to see it  This stock photo doesn't do it justice really. In real life, these £3.49 babies are out of this world!



disclosure: I am not affiliated with Beautyuk and didn’t receive any compensation to write about this post and the facebook competition.

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Hope on my fingers

This is proving harder than I thought to write. How on earth am I supposed to  objectively and critically review a product which I am so passionate about and  which little ol' me has helped creating? It is not without a certain degree of emotion that I would like to share with you my swatches of 'Hope', 'Love' and Strength' the  nail polishes part of the Beautyuk 'Paint for life' box set.







Moved by one of their fans' wishes, Beautyuk Cosmetics took the pledge to raise  £50,000 for Cancer Research UK and designed a range of nail polishes to help them  reach their target. While thousands of women are undertaking the annual 'race for  life' race throughout the country, BeautyUK is inviting you to support the Cancer  Research UK charity and to 'paint for life'. For each £5.99 'paint for life' trio  set sold, they are donating £1 directly to the charity.


The shades are gorgeous. Hope is a delicate pastel pink which could double up as  French manicure base if applied sheerly. I would describe Love as a shade of  carnation pink and Strength, the deeper of the set as a bright hot pink. The  formulation was very easy to work with, although they needed 3 coats instead of the  2 I am usually used to. Before playing with my paint for life set, I had a pre  conceived idea about Hope. For me, it looked too pale and it was not going to work with my skin tone. 3 coats later and I was in love!

*cue avalanche of photos*

 

You know what’s handy? it’s the names on the bottles

and last but not least this is strength. At this point, I would like to thank my spell check as I always always spell it wrong!

I think Beautyuk did a marvellous job with the paint for life trio. The shades are  lovely and would suit a wide range of people, from the shy and who only want a hint  of pink to the lovers of bold and bright talons.

Which is your favourite shade?
Will you be ‘painting for life’?

Further Information
Availability: The paint for life trio is available in Superdrug shops nationwide and online (£5.99)
BeautyUK Cosmetics Aid for Cancer Research UK: http://www.beautyukcosmetics.com/paint-for-life
Beautyuk twitter: @beautyuktweets
Paint for Life Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/paintforlifeuk
Paint for Life Twitter: @paintforlifeuk #paintforlife


Disclaimer:    
The box set was purchased by myself.

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Painting for Life

Just over a year ago, there was a blog competition where participants had to create  a nail polish just for fun to win some BeautyUK Cosmetics makeup. One fan of the  brand, Sam, expressed a wish to have a range of pink polishes designed to raise  money for a Breast Cancer Charity. Sam's inspiration was her mum, going through the  ordeal of cancer but who 'still wanted to look nice and have painted nails'. Beautyuk Cosmetics was so touched by the idea that they have been working hard for  the past year to help Sam's idea see the day.



The day has come and with the help of  a beauty blogger, BeautyUK went on to develop and release a 'Paint for Life' trio nail boxset with the aim of raising £50,000 for Cancer Research UK.  I feel really moved by this initiative, there is so much more I wish to say.  Perhaps I’ll share more when I show you my swatches. For now, I just want to keep it short and sweet. It is so heart warming to see, how an everyday girl next door, fan of a cosmetic brand can touch a cosmetic brand so much so that they take a pledge to raise £50,000 for a good cause.








The Paint for Life boxset consists of three shades of pink nail polish. Each bottle is individually named with ‘hope’, ‘strength’ and ‘love’. From every £5.99 set sold, £1 will be donated directly to breast cancer research.

************ updated on Monday 14 May ***********

Please click here or on the picture below to see my swatches:

Further Information:Availability: The paint for life trio is available online and in superdrug shops nationwide (£5.99)
BeautyUK Cosmetics Aid for Cancer Research UK: http://www.beautyukcosmetics.com/paint-for-life
Beautyuk twitter: @beautyuktweets
Paint for Life Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/paintforlifeuk
Paint for Life Twitter:  @paintforlifeuk


Disclaimer
The box set was purchased by myself and I received no incentive to write about this. This post is just driven by intense joy and emotion to have been part of the creative process of this initiative.http://bit.ly/hopenlifehttp://bit.ly/hopenlife

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